Hi,
yes, u need local authority approval. therefore, get the design-build contractor to pau everything for u.

Umbrella Corp Guys, can i build my own house using my own hand, if i need local authority to approve it ? hehe
06/05/2020 10:44 AM

wow Ageson volume still very BIG! 24,198,7001 beh tahan liao

Good morning,

Haa guys..today have a lots of fly buzzing around, where is THE DEMON WITCH? Summon Him.....

not cost efficient?

I see thanks for da info ViVaFoReVeRLOVE

Also do you have any idea how to make a house more insulated? The other day I have a thought if a house more insulated means less air con usage?

And why when choose a luffing crane over a hammerhead or flat top crane? Cuz sometimes I see some site only have luffing crane

Hey ViVaFoReVeRLOVE, A normal 3 storey shop lot built in the 70s 80s, how much load can they withstand before collapse? hehe

yes O'Brian , but no wet area would be around lift core. so it shouldn't have any water leaking issue la. which also mean they will not consider any water proofing work at there.

poor concrete quality will result those honeycomb and etc but not likely cold joint. usually they will have quality control over concrete. when concrete truck arrive, they will do the slump test on the spot, if acceptable then only start to pour the concrete. cold joint arise because of no good treatment on the joint prior casting la. eg. such as bonding of hardened concrete and new concrete, proper reinforcement.

Hi O'Brian, different measure will be taken depend on how severe the water leaking are and what kind of exposure of the surface. normally, they will just do pressure grout injection at the water leaking zone with each point for injection is very close to each other in order to fill in the water capillary within the slab.

Guys...........I feel that the true question is "How can a contractor claim for disruption of work?"

Disruption often affects non-critical parts of a project, but not to the extent that those parts become critical. If a contractor was kept on site for longer than the contract period, it used to be accepted that the contractor would be able to recover overhead costs and loss of profit for the whole of the period of delay, provided that the delay or disruption of work was not due to its own fault of course.

Commonly, a contractor’s claim for delay or disruption relies on comparing anticipated with actual labor costs. This approach, however, is lacking in any kind of merit because there may be many reasons for the costs of labor being greater than the contractor anticipated at tender stage, other than reasons for which the employer or the architect can be held accountable.

An acceptable method of evaluating disruption is to compare: the value to the contractor of the work done per man during a period of no disruption, with the value per man doing the disrupted period, and then to apply the ratio obtained to the total cost of labor. It is obvious that, if this method is to work, the defendant (Employer / Architect) may argue that it must be possible to isolate a period free from disruption.

Ageson获275亿订单 刺激股价大涨25%

（吉隆坡5日讯）Ageson Bhd从一家中国公司获得价值448亿人民币（275亿令吉）的采购订单，将在未来15年内供应沙子，刺激股价今早一度大涨25%。

截至早上10时26分，该股升2.5仙或15.6%，至18.5仙，约1亿2483万股转手。

稍早前，该股一度劲扬4仙或25%，至20仙历史新高。

Ageson Bhd昨日宣布，独资子公司Esa Pile私人有限公司已接受广州凯盛达实业有限公司（Guangzhou Kaishengda Industrial Co Ltd，简称GKI）为期15年的河沙和海沙采购订单。

该公司预计，从今年第三季开始，每年向GKI供应5000万立方米河沙和1亿立方米海沙。

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE

1) how do i justify?
By contract prelims? Or actual loss?

2) in terms of claim, what claim are we talking about? Contract ie. Progress claim? Or...

3) what is your point of view in view of the L&E claim practice in construction industry?

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE Let me do a little correction here, Larrie chew! Compressive strength and tensile strength is two totally different thing. Tensile test is carried out for steel materials such as rebar, I-beam, Steel pipe casing etc. It is a "pulling" test so that we can know how much is the yield strength and tensile strength before failure.

Lets say we are going to construct a single storey building. Inside the columns, the designers will on use the minimum amount of steel as per the BS's requirement. This is because the column does not have to resist much moment. Heck, you don't really need rebar for single storey columns. Some people even used bricks for their columns and there are no issues as long as the foundation is stable. My senior engineer once said the only time that the rebar will come to work is when there is a crack in your column which is wide enough for you to see your rebar. Otherwise, your structure will rely on your concrete's compressive strength only. That is why for bigger and heavier structures, we specify higher concrete grades. At the same time, it will also reduce the amount of required steel area. Hence please dont just add or use bigger rebars when the specified sizes are unavailable. There is a limit too.

You can also think of it this way. Why rebars are allowed to use lappings for extensions. If it is used to handle compression such as normal steel structure (H-Sections), lapping is definitely not acceptable. Imagine it sliding down because it is tied together with a wire only. The reason lapping is adequate because we only need them for their tensile strength to resist moment. You will also never see a steel structure being built by using rebars. All of them are built using proper structural steels which have enough strength to resist buckling during compression. Rebars are too slender, hence it will buckle easily. It can be used as bracing to prevent the steel structures from buckling though.
04/05/2020 10:31 AM

fyi

I know what is compressive strength and tensile strength. they are different. example when u bend a eraser with bulging on top, tensile force occur at the top and compressive force occur at the bottom.

all these while I only do high rise building hence not encounter much on those landed property. what I mean is steel have higher compressive strength than concrete in term of their properties. if u are engineer u will know what I mean below.

for a beam, let's say the compressive stress is not achieve, then engineer will add top bar at beam. so that it will increase the compressive strength of the beam when load applied on top of the beam. steel is expensive material and hence like u say, they try to use as minimum as possible for steel so that it can help client to save cost which is also client's needs in having more profit. for competent client, they will check the ratio of steel to concrete so they know which engineer over design and hence they will eliminate on using those engineers as those engineer over design to ensure the building is safe instead of use minimum amount of steel that save client development cost.

Yes guys.....Wrong information, impracticable designs, or unclear specifications. Yup, these problems are faced by many suppliers as well as the procurement officers. Some purchase requests made by the incompetent/young Engineers with incomplete specifications on the BQ, are simply insufficient detail for the purchaser to source the right item or the supplier to provide an accurate quote.

Some Project Managers who authorize the purchase requests also do not check the required specification carefully. For example, young engineers often don't attention to the I-beams that are available in a variety of standard sizes and thickness. The same for piping standards ASTM API BS JIS DIN. When the material is delayed, they will play the blame game.

Besides, the person who performs the material take-offs does not communicate with the Engineers. Engineer obtains the BQ from them and directly fax the raw BQ (with Company chop) to the Suppliers.

yalor ViVaFoReVeRLOVE, dowan 1 small mistake risk hundreds of pipu life on top
tis one hi rise wor... foundation must take care vr carefully i suppose

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE, stump is only necessary if there underground services je, dowan kena pilecap because size of stump is smaller than that of pilecaps.

but u see hor, if slab also put inside the pilecap, it seems like the effective pilecaps also reduced might as well reduce the overall depth of the pilecaps. can save rebar formwork n concrete..
oh well.. i dunno also i no see calculations just speaking fr a laymen point of view only..

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE, i just want to point out that mmc gamuda engineers do not do paperwork. They REVIEW paperwork submitted by WPC (works package contractor).

For some package the engineer is very slack while for some package the engineer is quite rigid, so it differs, some things that cannot pass for my package will pass for other package and vice versa.

Anyway it's up to the ICE (independent consulting engineer) and the MRTC observer to comment bcos even the MGJV ppl want to push the paperwork through.

And all these thing in the end come up to taichi here and there, make sure that we hit all the QRM target and looks good during the meeting is good enuf.

Enough evidence for stern action to be taken against Noor Azmi and his group for flouting the MCO.

How many other people were given an opportunity to come forward and record their statement like them?

Malaysians who defy the MCO were arrested, dragged to court and thrown into jail. The same should be done with them.

What Noor Azmi and the rest did was against the rules set by the very government they are working for.

The apology is actually admitting to the crime. Secondly, it is trying to win some sympathy or trying to do some damage control.

We will wait and see if the statement by Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob that nobody is above the law holds any weight.

NancyDrewWhite, I read that Bill Gates has now become the biggest contributor to WHO. He was doing so before Trump pulled the funding to the order of about $40 Million/year. Since then I recall he has pledged another $150 Million. My numbers may not be altogether correct, but this particular Billionaire is doing his bit.

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE , Are you working under Gamuda in Dubai?

1. subcontractor chosen by architect, we called that nominated subcontractor. contractor can reject if he got a good ground. this is stipulated in the standard form of contract.

Bro, I understand just how you feel as I went through the experience.

Sometimes, you have to kawan- baik² with the Resident Engineers.

UraniumKing68 ,It all boils down to which type of supply(steel, cement,erosion control, roof, insulation tile, paint etc) and level of distribution(pib job, small job, medium job, special job etc)

Some producers profit up to 40% while some down to 2%

YoungTycoonWILL

1. what is lacing/lacer bar in beam?

2. what is the function of bonding ties? is it steel bar that stick out from column and stiffener? usually how many layers will need one bonding tie?

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE God of war, construction industry so broad. variety of profession. what u want? the only party who earn big buck is developer.
29/04/2020 2:03 PM

fyi

how to become a developer? I saw many developers do not have architect or civil engineer but economy background

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE Printing U.S Dollar Dollar Dollar ,there are no local council in malaysia that allow you to top up another floor of building structure on existing floor unless you demolish and rebuilt.
29/04/2020 1:34 PM

fyi

If underpinning work and enlarging the columns at below level are sufficient to cater for the load at upper floor, I believe its not necessary to demolish and rebuilt the whole structure.

Again Ageson train is coming thru, chooooooooooo choooooooooooooooooooooooooo stay tune guys!

wow, ageson train is coming thru, chooooooooooo choooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"According to a police officer close to the case, Fuziah would be charged under Section 505(b) for making a statement with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public."

"The posting depicted the Sultan Iskandar Building (CIQ Complex) in Johor Bahru turning chaotic after large crowds of Malaysians returned home from Singapore."

I don't know what fear or alarm it caused the public. We wait for evidence from the prosecution ! Surely there was no intention. Likelihood? only God knows

Heard from a retiree that he have a fair bit shares investment in KLSE. As a investor he hope to receive regular share dividend to sustain own living expenses. However, because of civid 19 outbreak, his investment value has dropped by 30% to 50% and now need to sell some shares at a big loss to have cash to live on. As for shares investment, it is also a kind of business venture with risk. As such you need to take loss to maintain your cash reserve during trying times. Will federal or state government extend helping hand to those long term share investors who have suffered losses, no right? Similarly for housing developers, they should sell their houses at below cost if there is a need to do so to improve cash flow. Housing developers should not lobby for government help during bad market while ignoring government's plead to set reasonable housing price during boom market. It is not right for government to assist housing developers while ignoring the fact that current house selling is still at a big margin to the developers.

And why on earth...patient went for screening on 18th...but tested positive only on 25th. Does KMM take seven days to get the results? During the 7 days he was not quarantined....so he was happily mixing with his family members and maybe friends too.
If he has infected others...then it will be a NEVER ENDING STORY. Cant they quarantine the patient especially since he was having high fever etc?

As long as got people infected, is it MCO won't lifted? While All MP can survive because no matter what happen, they're can get a salaries. But ordinary people cannot. Many company is in trouble now. Many people don't have job now. Big company like Berjaya, Tan Choong, Airasia and many more is in crisis now. Why until now we didn't hear any exit plan?? This is democracy country. All decision must open and transparent. We have the rights to know. Don't hide please.

wah lao eh! High fever on 18 April. Test results only on 25 April. Why so long?

one day they will end up like utusan. At least the edge got balls to expose 1MDB. If this was CNN, they would have roasted the minister already.

calling meetings with without opposition parties,etc. I guess during these trying times they should rise to the occasion, unfortunately they choose to stoop lower. Maybe that is how they were bought up.
I wanted to subscribe to The Star newspaper but decided not too. Not a single news from them about this matter, how can chief editor sit back at keep quiet when people are being oppress. The reporter should report what they see...

There seems to be sense evilness, dishonesty and oppression in this backdoor government...

4 numbskull in one basket!

No, guys! They need a deputy to a deputy for a minister to a minister! lmao

bung m= Baboon in a Gucci Suit.

The best King we have so far, the peoples man.

Strictly no conferment given to any politicians that are on duty, only give to those who really contributed to the society & country and also o peace & unity.

This is poor planning by the PN govt. They don't care at all if the people suffer. They juts want to grab everything for themselves.

What to do, there is a cluster forming and I supposed each and every trader there are responsible somewhat to ensure their place of business is disease free, after all it will affect their business (which it is now). I hope they will not now ask the government for help, it will be unfair to all other tax payers.

Don’t see any buyers in the market for new planes anywhere. Only fights flying are domestic ones, otherwise there is a 14 day curfew for international ones. That is if they let international passengers In at all. CP and SQ suffering since all their flights are international ones.

When Coronavirus clusters spread from Tablighi gatherings in Sri Petaling Mosque in Selangor and from the Delhi Mosque in India, killing so many, questions arise as to whether there is in fact a God.

ohh at the backyard. if like that it should be fine. just new foundation to backyard, new ground floor and new upper floor. get a consulting engineer and they will do everything for u. including local authority submission and approval. if u need it then just build it lo

NancyDrewWhite ,expensive to build coz u already completed first floor without consider the foundation for 2nd storey. by add 1 more floor, u need a stronger foundation, stronger column and therefore a lot of abortive work need to be done. eg. such as u need to strengthen the column, do the underpinning work to have stronger foundation. perhaps hack off some ground floor slab just to increase few more footing and so on. need to engage consulting engineer to come out the drawing for u also. ain't cheap.

YoungTycoonWILL, for bidding process, we always paid some premium for insider just to win the bid. regarding the cost and budget, we will figure out later. eg, material swapping, alternative material, alternating specifications and etc

KennyDowJones im also paying my part time safety officer just round site 2 times a week around 16 man hours a month for rm4000. cheap or not cheap?